Heavy rains have eased a drought that has gripped parts of central and southern China, but killed at least 14 people and displaced tens of thousands in a southwestern region. Chinese state media said Tuesday that 35 other people are missing and 3,000 are stranded in a single county in Guizhou province. It said 45,000 […]
China Floods Kill 14, Displace 45,000 as Drought Eases
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Severe Weather Leaves 23 Dead in Haiti
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Heavy rains, mudslides and flooding in Haiti have killed at least 23 people, just days into the six-month-long Atlantic hurricane season. Haiti’s civil protection agency said Tuesday most of the deaths occurred in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where a week’s worth of torrential downpours has turned streets into rivers and forced people to flee to their […]
Obama Supports Efforts by Bahrain to Ease Crisis
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Bahrain, and says he supports efforts by the Gulf nation to ease its political crisis. Mr. Obama made his remarks after meeting Tuesday at the White House with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin al-Khalifa. The White House said the president welcomed the […]
China Floods Kill 14, Displace 45,000 as Drought Eases
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
Heavy rains have eased a drought that has gripped parts of central and southern China, but killed at least 14 people and displaced tens of thousands in a southwestern region. Chinese state media said Tuesday that 35 other people are missing and 3,000 are stranded in a single county in Guizhou province. It said 45,000 […]
WHO: Source of German E.Coli May Never Be Known
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
A top World Heath Organization official says the source of Germany’s deadly E. coli outbreak may never be known. Dr. Guenael Rodier, WHO’s director of communicable diseases, tells the Associated Press that investigators must find the culprit within a week. He says after that, it would become difficult to link patients with what they ate. […]
US, Yemeni Officials: Saleh Badly Burned in Blast
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. and Yemeni officials say President Ali Abdullah Saleh suffered injuries far more severe than previously reported in last week’s attack on his presidential palace, raising doubts about his return to power — even as fighting in the south killed dozens of people. Mr. Saleh was initially said to have received a shrapnel wound, and […]
White House Holds Lavish State Dinner for Merkel
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting a taste of local cuisine when she dines with U.S. President Barack Obama at a formal reception at the White House. In addition to regionally-sourced ingredients like Maryland crabs, the menu for the state dinner Tuesday evening includes a couldn’t-be-more local salad, grown in First Lady Michelle Obama’s garden […]
Obama Supports Efforts by Bahrain to Ease Crisis
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Bahrain, and says he supports efforts by the Gulf nation to ease its political crisis. Mr. Obama made his remarks after meeting Tuesday at the White House with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin al-Khalifa. The White House said the president expressed support […]
US, Yemeni Officials: Saleh Badly Burned in Blast
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. and Yemeni officials say President Ali Abdullah Saleh suffered injuries far more severe than previously reported in last week’s attack on his presidential palace, raising doubts about his return to power — even as fighting in the south killed dozens of people. Mr. Saleh was initially said to have received a shrapnel wound, and […]
Mumbai Attacls Trial Wraps Up in Chicago
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
A jury in Chicago heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of a Pakistani-born Canadian national, Tahawwur Rana, who is charged with helping plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. Assistant U.S. Attorney Victoria Peters told jurors it was clear that Rana knew and helped confessed conspirator David Coleman Headley scout targets in […]
